Lead Software Engineer in Test

About Grab and Our Workplace

Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp. From getting your favourite meals delivered to helping you manage your finances and getting around town hassle-free, we've got your back with everything. In Grab, purpose gives us joy and habits build excellence, while harnessing the power of Technology and AI to deliver the mission of driving Southeast Asia forward by economically empowering everyone, with heart, hunger, honour, and humility.

Get to Know the Role

As a Lead Software Engineer in Test (SET) within the Payments team, you will define and execute the quality strategy for high-stakes, real-time financial systems. You'll ensure the code we ship is resilient, compliant, and production-ready by embedding quality from the earliest stages of development.

You'll work hands-on to craft scalable test plans and frameworks while ensuring robust coverage across unit, integration, contract, and end-to-end layers.

You will be reporting to Head of Engineering, PayX. This is a hybrid role and you will be in office 3 days a week.

Get to Know the Team

You'll collaborate closely with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, Software Development Engineers (SDEs), and fellow SETs. Together, the team works on building reliable, scalable, and compliant systems that power payments across Grab.

This is a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment where quality is a shared responsibility—and your role will influence how the entire team builds and ships software.

• The Critical Tasks You Will Perform
  • Drive test architecture and automation strategy aligned with the Testing Pyramid
  • Define and uphold standards for test coverage, performance, and reliability
  • Identify and close automation gaps, while removing redundant or low-value tests
  • Evolve test frameworks to meet scale, latency, and compliance needs of regulated environments
  • Champion an automation-first mindset and ensure staging environments mirror production

• Essential Skills You Will Need
  • 8+ years of experience in software quality engineering, with 3+ years in a lead or senior SET role
  • Strong knowledge of testing strategies across all layers (unit to end-to-end)
  • Hands-on expertise with test automation frameworks and modern programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, Go)
  • Deep understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems
  • Familiarity with regulated domains like payments is a strong plus
  • Experience with PRD reviews, mocking, service virtualization, and test data strategies
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to mentor and influence quality practices across teams

Life at Grab

We care about your well-being at Grab, here are some of the global benefits we offer:

• We have your back with Term Life Insurance and comprehensive Medical Insurance.
• With GrabFlex, create a benefits package that suits your needs and aspirations.
• Celebrate moments that matter in life with loved ones through Parental and Birthday leave, and give back to your communities through Love-all-Serve-all (LASA) volunteering leave
• We have a confidential Grabber Assistance Programme to guide and uplift you and your loved ones through life's challenges.

What we stand for at Grab

We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that enables diverse Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.